Seeding-machine



Grain-Drill. No. 44,328 Patented Sept. 20, 18644 UNITED STATES PATENT @Frictia JOSEPH LYLE, OF CLARKSVILLE, IOVA.

SEEDING-MACHINE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 44,328, dated September 20, 1864.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOSEPH LYLE, of Clarksville, in the county of Butler and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Broadcast-Seeding Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part ofthis specification, in which- Figure l is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line 00 x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the same, the back of the seed-box being in section or partly broken away.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspondlng parts in the two figures.

This invention consists in the employmentJ or use of a series of a-gitators attached to a horizontal rod, which is connected to levers operated from a crank-shaft which receives its motion from one of the traction-wheels of the machine. The agitators are rods which work at the rear of the seed-box and in the same through openings made in the back of the seed-box, the area or capacity ot' the openings being regulated by means ot a slide, as hereinafter set forth.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand and construct my invention, l will proceed to describe it.

A represents a seed-box, the bottom a of which is slightly inclined, so that its rear end will be a triiie lower than its front end, as shown in Fig. l. `This seed-box has a draftpole, B, attached to it, and it is mounted on two wheels, O C', the axle D of which rotates in bearings secured to the under side of the seed-box.

To the inner side of the wheel C there is attached a toothed wheel, E, which gears into a pinion, F, at one end ot' a shaft, Gr, the bearings of which are at the front part of the seedbox A. This shaft G is allowed to slide longitudinally in its bearings, and it may be thus moved when desired to throw the pinion F in and out of gear with wheel E by means ot' a lever, H, the lever end of which is fitted between collars b b on shaft Gr. The lever H passes up through a slot, c, in a plate, l, attached to the front part of the seed-box, said slot having two notches, d d, one to hold the lever H, so that the pinion F may be retained M, is connected by a pivot, the opposite end of said bar being connected by a pivot to a lever, N, at the opposite side of the seed-box. The bar M has a series of rods, O, attached to it, and these rods pass through openings d in the back of the seed-box. The rods O are curved slightly upward at their ends, as shown in Fig.A l.

l? is a slide, the ends of which are fitted in vertical grooves e e at the back part of the seed-box, one at each side, as shown in Fig.2. This slide is directly between and in contact with the back ofthe seed-box, and by adjusting said slide higher or lowerl the capacity ot' the openings d maybe varied as desired. The slideP may be thus adjusted by means of nuts e, fitted on vertical screws f, attached to the slide and passing through guides g, attached to the upper edge of the back of the seed-box.

Q is the drivers seat at the end of la curved support, R, secured to the front part of the seed-box.

As the machine is drawn along the shaft G is rotated from the wheel G by means of the gearing E F, and the crank J and pitman K communicate a vibratory movement to lever L, which givesa reciprocating movement to the bar M and the rods or agitators 0, which cause the seed to be discharged through the openings d in a broadcast manner.

In order to render the machine inoperative, the shaft G is moved through the medium of lever H, so as to throw the pinion F out of gear with the wheel E.

The seed-box A is balanced, or nearly so, on the axle D, so that the team is relieved from the weight ofthe device, and the agitators or rods O are operated with but little friction. The wheel G is made to operate the shaft Gr, as it is secured to the axle, the latter rotating in its boxes or bearings. The wheel C is placed loosely on the axle. The seed is discharged in a uniform and perfect manner.

Having thus deserihed my invention, What'I arranged, and operating in the man ner and for claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters the purposes herein specified. Patent, is-

The combination of the inclined floor a, aper- JOSEPH LYLE. tures d d, gated?, and agitating device J K L M N O, having curved teeth projecting from Witnesses:

the outside into Jche hopper horizontally Il H. W. BABCOOK, through the apertures d d, and all constructed, l

G. D. WHEELoeK. 

